Event listing: Der Kaiser von Atlantis | Außenspielstätte am Offenbachplatz | Event is in the past

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Außenspielstätte am OffenbachplatzOffenbachplatz, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50667, Germany

Dates/times in Berlin time zone

Programme

Ullmann, Viktor (1898-1944)

The Emperor of Atlantis (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)

Performers

Oper Köln
Rainer Mühlbach	Conductor
Eike Ecker	Director
Darko Petrovic	Set Designer, Costume Designer
Gürzenich Orchestra
Andreas Grüter	Lighting Designer
Tanja Fasching	Dramaturgy
Nikolay Borchev	Baritone	Emperor Overall
Lucas Singer	Bass	Death, Loudspeaker
Claudia Rohrbach	Soprano	Bubikopf
Judith Thielsen	Mezzo-soprano	Drummer
Martin Koch	Tenor	Harlequin
Dino Lüthy	Tenor	Soldier

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An end to death: Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis

Bachtrack, 16th February

Written while the composer was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Viktor Ullmann’s powerful opera imagines an end to death.

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An effectively unsettling The Emperor of Atlantis at Oper Köln

Cristina Burack, 2nd March

Though straightforward in concept, Oper Köln's production of the one-act opera written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp brought the opera's profound themes to the surface in an excellently sung performance.

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